Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “yachtman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
yachtman	18	4	265	(None)
yachtmen	18	4	243	1	yachtmen
yachtsman	19	5	181	1	yachtsman
yachtsmen	19	5	167	2	yachtsmen
ashman	11	4	838	3	_ash_man
atman	7	55	2014	3	_a__tman
batman	10	52	1406	3	ba__tman
coachman	17	4	498	3	coach_man
earthman	13	4	647	3	earthman
hackman	18	3	643	3	hac_kman
lactean	9	5	648	3	lac_tean
packman	17	3	669	3	pac_kman
panhuman	15	4	400	3	panhuman
ranchman	15	4	604	3	ranch_man
watchman	18	4	462	3	watch_man
yacht	13	4	1739	3	yacht___
yachted	16	3	485	3	yacht_ed
yachter	15	3	491	3	yacht_er
yachters	16	3	388	3	yachters
yachting	17	3	493	3	yachting
yachts	14	3	702	3	yacht__s
yardman	13	3	591	3	ya_rdman
yashmac	17	4	256	3	yash_mac
yashmak	19	4	274	3	yash_mak

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	7.483	19532.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	7.906	22601.9